Event

Love Letters from the Middle East

ASL Interpreted on Nov 10 and 17.

If online sales have ended for the day, please call Dreamland Arts at 651-645-5506 or email info@dreamlandarts.com to inquire about tickets.

Hope Theater Company presents Love Letters from the Middle East, a play that tells the stories of three women whose lives are transformed as an outcome of war, and the opportunities for peace and understanding that can grow out of the ashes of tragedy.

Love Letters from Middle East from kiomars moradi on Vimeo.

Jamileh is falling through the cracks of the English immigration system after a long journey from Iraq. Goli is trying to get foreign medical assistance for two disfigured girls. Angela is braving a dangerous road to find her husband, a U.S. soldier missing in Afghanistan. The play reflects on their traumas, challenges and hopes for a better future. More information at www.hopetheatercompany.com

Written by Kiomars Moradi and Porya Azarbayjani
Translation by Cynthia Dekay
Directed by Kiomars Moradi
Performed by Emily Rose Duea (Goli), Alyssa Perau (Jamileh), Meredith Larson (Angela)
Set and costume design by Narmin Nazmi
Composer and live music: Maryam Ershadi Yusefzadeh

Run Time: The play runs 60-75 minutes, with no intermission.
Ages: Recommended for ages 16+.

Dreamland Arts is a 40-seat theater in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood of St. Paul. Established in 2006, Dreamland Arts has hosted more than 150 plays, music concerts, puppets shows and literary events, produced primarily by individual artists and small independent groups.